Back around 2012 they were asking other aircraft Crew Chiefs to cross-train to AC-130 to be a flying Crew Chief. Apparently they also helped on the howitzer. That would be a sick job.My last tour in Kandahar I had access to killcams on just about anything in theater. Not trying to glorify war, that's an entirely separate discussion. But Cot **** that Howitzer.
Yeah the B-1 was a beast, but barely flew. Watching one take off at night was pretty nasty though. Those things rattled the whole base.
That's no surprise. Best pilots on the planet, that I saw at least. Israel does not **** around.
My last tour in Kandahar I had access to killcams on just about anything in theater. Not trying to glorify war, that's an entirely separate discussion. But Cot **** that Howitzer.
The pilot was Steve Phillis, call sign Syph. He was ultimately shot down and KIA. My buddy was his roommate at King Fahd. His roomate at the Academy is trying to get his Silver Star upgraded to the Medal of Honor.
I was stationed at Hurlburt from March 2005 until Feb 2011. I have only been back once, since then.
Call me when an A-10 can 40 rounds within 50 meters of a SEAL team. Yep, needed a danger close call. The J model with 30s must be something. Talk about precision.
And now they have a test bed with directed energy weapons. Orbit outside the threat fan and now we have next level warfare revolution with what, inches CEP accuracy??
DE is pretty much checkmate. Optical countermeasures make DE challenging.And now they have a test bed with directed energy weapons. Orbit outside the threat fan and now we have next level warfare revolution with what, inches CEP accuracy??
I guess warheads on foreheads and pink mist is going to get replaced with "goo be gone".
Was sitting on top of a crashed 130 at the end of the runway by the gunship ramp in Bagram watching F-15's take off at night. All you could see was the afterburners and it would look like they were going to fly straight into a mountain before going vertical and disappearing through the clouds. So cool. That 130 on the other hand had seen better days.
UAE, figures.
Story I got was they were told to Go Around twice, on the third time he decided he wanted to land. Our planes were adjacent to the runway and we heard it but there were hellacious crosswinds and visibility was ****. Fortunately nobody was seriously injured.
Is the the one where a chunk of RWY was under repair?
No, that was an MC-130 that crashed in Iraq a couple of years after the war started. That was a ****-up of epic proportions. The one in the pic I posted was 10-ish years ago, I can't remember, all the deployments kind of run together.
